Improved washing-machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE PRINDLE, OF SPAFFORD, NEW YORK.

I MPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 43,865, dated August16, 1864.'

T0 aZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE PRINDLE, of the town of Spadoni, in thecount-y of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement on Washing- Machines; and Ido hereby declare th atthe following-is a iull, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the sam'e, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure'l is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a sectional view.

My aim is to furnish a 'Washing machine which shall be simplein itsconstruction, easily worked, not liable to get out of repair, and whichcan be furnished at a small expense.

To enable others to make and use my in vention, I will proceed toldescribe its construction aud operation.

My washingbox A may be made of any convenient size, and placed uponsuitable legs, (represented in Fig. 1 by the letters a a.)

The slanting end of my box 13,1 make with corrugations b b, which can beused as a washboard. A 1

In the lower portion of my washing-boxI place the rollers c c, whichhave spindles or bearings, which spindles revolve in proper holes insaid box and constitute a semlclrcle.

The rubber D, I make of semicircular form, corrugated upon its convexside, which corrugations come in contact with the rollers during theoperating ofthe machine. The rubber is provided with handles H H, andtwo stand ards, R R, fastened to the center of the rubber, which passthrough a roller E at the top of the washing box and revolve with therubber. The standards R R, passing through slots in the roller E,readily adjust the rubber D in its upward and downward movements withoutthat resistance which would obtain were the roller E placed in guides orgrooves. The resistance to the rubber in its action upon the clothes tobe washed is, by reason ofthe revolving roller E and standards R R,always in a perpendicular position to the slots in the roller.

What I claim as my invention is- The construction of a washing-machineprovided with the adjustable rubber D, when combined with the standardsR R, roller E, provided with slots to receive said standards, and thecorrugated end B, in the manner and for the purpose herein specified.

l HORACE PRINDLE.

Witnesses:

R. H. DUELL, D. N. BURR.

